Senegal coach Aliou Cisse is targeting title success at next year's Africa Cup of Nations and believes that his side will be a match for any of the continent's contenders in Cameroon.

By the time next year's showpiece rolls around, it will have been 17 years since the Teranga Lions last featured in the final of Africa's showpiece - when they were defeated on penalties by Cameroon in Bamako - but Cisse is confident that mental preparation could see his side go far in 2019.

Sadio Mane shouldn't be criticised for failing to replicate his Liverpool form with Senegal, and is good enough to play for any of the world's biggest clubs, according to Togo head coach Claude Le Roy.

The 26-year-old forward has enjoyed an encouraging start to the Premier League season, having netted four goals in eight outings for Liverpool so far.

Mane is only one goal away from becoming the seventh African player to reach a half century of goals in the top flight, although he's being made to...

Madagascar qualified for their first ever Africa Cup of Nations after beating Equatorial Guinea 1-0 at home on Tuesday and were later joined by Egypt, Senegal and Tunisia in the 24-team field for next year's expanded finals.

With two nations qualifying from 11 of the 12 four-team groups, Madagascar were always going to have a good chance to make the breakthrough, at their 17th attempt, after starting their Group A campaign with an away win in Sudan last year.